| Publication |
New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
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| Description |
v, 202pBrown Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
A collection of stories based on illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. For more than 25 years readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by the enigmatic artistHarris Burdick. Thousands of children and adults have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguing titled pictures. Here, in this title, some of the most talented and imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the complexing mysteries of Harris Burdick.
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| Contents |
Introduction / by Lemony Snicket
Archie Smith, Boy Wonder / by Tabitha King
Under the rug / by Jon Scieszka
A strange day in July / by Sherman Alexie
Missing in Venice / by Gregory Maguire
Another place, another time / by Cory Doctorow
Uninvited guests / by Jules Feiffer
The harp / by Linda Sue Park
Mr. Linden's library / by Walter Dean Myers
The seven chairs / by Lois Lowry
The third-floor bedroom / by Kate DiCamillo
Just desert / by M.T. Anderson
Captain Tory / by Louis Sachar
Oscar and Alphonse: the Farkas Conjecture / by Chris Van Allsburg
The house on Maple Street / by Stephen King
Original introduction to The mysteries of Harris Burdick / by Chris Van Allsburg
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| Standard Number |
9780547548104 Hb.
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